Replacing a Water Heater: What the Job Involves
A water heater replacement means swapping the failed or aging unit for a new one: disconnecting the old tank, sizing and choosing the replacement…
Rumbling, Popping and Ticking: What a Water Heater Is Telling You
A water heater speaks in a limited vocabulary: rumbling, ticking, popping, screeching, banging.
How Long a Water Heater Lasts, and the Signs It Is Ending
There’s no countdown timer on a water heater. Some tanks fail at seven years, others are still delivering hot showers well past twenty, and the…
A Leaking Water Heater: How Serious Is It
A water heater leak can mean anything from a loose fitting you can fix with a wrench to a dying tank that needs full replacement.
A Water Heater in a Garage or Crawlspace
A water heater can sit in a garage or crawlspace without breaking anything, but the location changes the math on every gallon it heats.
Why You Wait So Long for Hot Water
Every tap in your house sits at the end of a pipe, and that pipe is full of water that cooled off the moment you last used it.
Tankless Water Heaters: What They Do Well, and Badly
A tankless water heater trades a 40- or 50-gallon reservoir for a compact heat exchanger that fires up the instant a tap opens.
Tankless or Storage Tank: Which Suits Your House
The right choice isn’t tankless or tank in the abstract. It’s tankless or tank for your household’s specific pattern of hot water use.
Hot Water That Runs Out Too Fast
Hot water running out fast almost always points to one of four things: a broken dip tube letting cold water leak into the outlet, a failed lower heating…
No Hot Water at All: What to Check
When a water heater delivers nothing but cold water, the cause almost always sits in one of two places: the power or fuel reaching the tank, or a single…